The work you did but never logged
An evening report of what you actually worked on that never made it into any task system
- Runs while your laptop is closed
- Reports in Littlebird and by email
- Free plan includes 5 routines
You spent about three hours today on four things your task manager doesn't show.
- Meetings: a 45-minute call with Riley Parker about the Perch & Partners renewal.
- Documents: an hour on the Birdseed Brands pricing sheet and 40 minutes on Sam Ortiz's hiring plan.
- Email: three replies to Dana Whitfield about launch dates, which took about 30 minutes.
All four are ready for you to log in one pass.
The problem
Half the real workday is invisible: the quick fix, the unlogged call, the favor that ate an hour. Task systems only know what you remembered to tell them.
That invisible work is why the week felt full and the board looked empty. You did the work; the record just never caught it.
What it does
Every evening, this routine compares what you actually did (meetings attended, documents touched, threads answered) against what your task system tracked.
The gap list shows up while you still remember the day, so the real work gets logged and the next estimate gets honest.
Try the prompt
Copy it into a new Littlebird routine, then set the days and times that fit your schedule
- Open Littlebird and go to Routines. Open the menu next to New Routine and choose Set up manually.
- Paste the prompt into Instructions, then set the days and time under Run.
- Littlebird runs it on schedule from then on. You can pause or edit it anytime. Auto-pause is on by default and pauses it if reports go unread.
You can also choose Create with Littlebird and describe the routine in chat.
Every evening tell me what I worked on today that isn't tracked in my task manager
Why make it a routine?
Skills are a good demo. You open a chat, paste in yesterday's context, and get a pretty solid answer exactly once.
Tomorrow you do the whole thing again: same paste, same wait. The skill does not know your meetings, your threads, or what changed since Monday.
This routine knows all of that before it runs. It fires on schedule and hands you the result where you already work.
Frequently asked questions
Does it log the work for me?
It shows you the gap so you can log it in one pass. Full auto-logging would guess, and guesses make bad records.
How does it know what I worked on?
From your calendar and what was on your screen during the day, matched against your tracked tasks.
When is Windows coming?
It already has. Littlebird runs on Mac and Windows.
Who else can see this report?
Only you. Your data is never sold, and Littlebird is SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and CCPA aligned.
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